Vincent Nicholas Brown was killed in the early morning hours of April 28, 2012, in Aiken, South Carolina. He was 23, a 2007 graduate of Aiken High School who had played football and was studying business at Augusta State University with plans to become a police officer.

Brown was at an apartment complex on Fairway Ridge with two others when an argument with 24-year-old Ryan Keith Doolittle escalated. Doolittle allegedly fired multiple shots; one struck Brown fatally. A witness gave officers a description of the suspect and vehicle, which led to locating and arresting Doolittle at a nearby house.

An autopsy was scheduled by the Aiken County Coroner’s Office. Family and friends described Brown as happy, funny, and wise; his funeral was held at Zion Fair Baptist Church and he was buried at Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery in Springfield.

If anyone knew Vincent or was at Fairway Ridge that night, please share what you remember.